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Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, speaks with Executive Director of the Alligator Head Foundation, Machel Donegan (centre) and Research Director at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Dr. Dayne Buddo (right). Occasion was the official launch of the East Portland Fish Sanctuary and opening of the Alligator Head Foundation’s headquarters at Turtle Crawl, Portland on March 19.

Govt Welcomes Partnerships to Protect Environment – Minister Vaz

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says the Administration welcomes partnership with non-government groups for the protection of the environment. “This Administration ...is inclusive. We realise that partnership is one way...

Fees for some Land Title Transactions to be Increased

Fulbright Core Scholar and Geoscientist based at the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies, Dr. Katherine Kelly Ellins, speaking at a JIS ‘Think Tank’, recently. She is assisting in the creation of the Jamaica Educational Seismic Network (JAESN), by placing seismographs in schools across the island.

ODPEM Commits $1.24 Million for Earthquake Project

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), is presented with a copy of Jamaica’s Green Economy Scoping Study, entitled ‘Green Economy: A Tool for Sustainable Development’, by Regional Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Leo Heilman, during a official handing over ceremony at Devon House on Tuesday, March 22.

Vaz Receives Green Economy Scoping Study

Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) Deputy Director General in charge of Sustainable Development and Social Planning, Claire Bernard (left), engages in discussion with Head of the Meteorological Service’s Weather Branch, Evan Thompson, during the launch of the Improving Climate Data and Information Management Project (ICDIMP) at the Terra Nova Hotel in St. Andrew.

$829.3 Million Project to Boost Climate Change Fight

10 years ago Budget 2016/2017Environment

Climate Data Information Management Project gets $200 Million

The country’s capability to use climate data for better planning will be enhanced with a $200 million allocation. The money, which has been provided in the 2016/17 Estimates of Expenditure, is to be disbursed under the Improving Climate Data and Information Management project. Implemented in April 2013, the project seeks to improve the quality and use of climate-related data and...

10 years ago Environment

Focus on Styrofoam April 22

Styrofoam and its effect on health and the environment will be the primary focus of Earth Day, to be observed on April 22. The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) will be encouraging individuals and companies islandwide to participate in ‘No Styrofoam Day’, as an activity or way of observing Earth Day. The agency highlights that expanded polystyrene, though used...

10 years ago Environment

Urgent Action Needed to Reduce Effects of Climate Change

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, has described climate change as a “real and present danger” that will persist, and “critical and urgent action” must be taken by nations globally to reduce its effects. “We are now facing a future that almost certainly will be hotter, wetter and drier due to...

10 years ago Climate ChangeEnvironmentVision 2030

Climate Change a Priority – Baguena

Head of Cooperation of the European Union (EU) delegation to Jamaica, Jesus Baguena, says the EU Development Fund Programme and the Government of Jamaica have identified climate change and the environment as a priority sector for support. Mr. Baguena, who was addressing the launch of Jamaica’s Green Economy Scoping Study, at Devon House, on March 22, said the sector will...

10 years ago EducationEnvironment

UTech Opens Regional Centre for Wastewater Training and Research

Jamaica is now home to the region’s first wastewater treatment and management research and training facility, which is housed at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) campus in St. Andrew. The UTech’s Wastewater Management Centre, built at a cost of $62 million, was officially launched and opened on Monday (March 14). The state-of-the-art facility will support the development of environmental...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), Everton Hanson.

10 years ago Environment

Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre – Leading the Regional Response to Climate Change

Since its inception in 2014, the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC) programme has been leading the way in developing a regionally integrated approach to solving the Caribbean’s climate, energy, and resource challenges. The CCIC programme aims to assist Caribbean island states to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change by empowering each territory to create clean technologies and...

10 years ago EnvironmentOffice of the Prime Minister

Jamaica Hosts Global Forum on Climate Change Adaptation Planning

Representatives from eleven (11) countries are expected to gather in Kingston on Tuesday, March 15, 2016 for a global forum on national planning for Climate Change Adaptation, hosted by the Government of Jamaica. The forum is organized by the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network, and will focus on a range of options for financing the implementation of NAPs. “Climate...